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(1)词义猜测题。根据第二段"In this new wave,it's the less experienced and less skilled workers who benefit the most."And that might be helpful in terms of closing some of the inequality that previous technologies actually promoted," Brynjolfsson says.So one benefit of intelligence machines is﹣maybe﹣they will improve the know﹣how and smarts of low performers,thereby reducing inequality.(在这波新浪潮中,经验不足、技能较低的工人受益最大。布林约尔松说:"这可能有助于消除以前的技术实际上造成的一些不平等。"因此,智能机器的一个好处是——或许——它们将提高低绩效者的______,从而减少不平等。)可知,智能机器的一个益处就是提升较低的工作表现者的经验和智力,从而推断出划线短语the know﹣how and smarts在句中意为"经验和智力",A.Experience and intelligence.经验和智慧;B.Skills and potential.技能和潜力;C.Capacity and experience.能力和经验;D.Outlook and talents.前景和人才。故选A项。
(2)细节理解题。根据第二段In this new wave,it's the less experienced and less skilled workers who benefit the most.(在这股新浪潮中,经验不足、技术含量较低的工人受益最大。)可知,在新的人工智能时代受益最多的是经验不足的新人。故选B项。
(3)细节理解题。根据第四段And it could kill jobs for all but the best of the best in various industries,who keep their jobs because maybe they're superstars or because maybe they have seniority.(它可能会扼杀所有人的就业机会,除了各行各业中最优秀的人才,他们保住自己的工作,可能是因为他们是超级明星,或者是因为他们有资历。)可知,Erik赞同的观点是各行各业中最优秀的人才将在与人工智能系统的竞争中生存下来。故选C项。
(4)标题判断题。根据第二段So one benefit of intelligence machines is﹣maybe﹣they will improve the know﹣how and smarts of low performers,thereby reducing inequality.(因此,智能机器的一个好处是﹣﹣﹣也许﹣﹣﹣它们将提高低绩效者的专业知识和智慧,从而减少不平等。)及第四段Of course,as Erik put,it's also possible that Al could end up increasing inequality even more.(当然,正如Erik所说,人工智能最终也有可能进一步加剧不平等。)及最后一段The effects of AI,of course,are still very much being studied and these systems are evolving fast,so this is just an assumption.(当然,人工智能的影响仍在研究中,这些系统正在快速发展﹣﹣﹣所以这只是一个假设。)可知,本文主要通过人工智能对工作者和加剧了社会不平等两个方面讲述了人工智能的影响,所以C项"人工智能的影响"作为题目最合适。故选C项。